Change
is the essence of our human society, even though, the
entire universe is perennially in a state of flux. It
is the change in nature, within and without, that creates
the dynamics of evolution. Life evolved out of certain
changes that took place on the surface of the earth. Such
changes bring about the birth, growth or decay of all
organic forms on earth. Decay or death of an organic creation
is not the end, as it leads to transmutation.

Yes,
the changes are coming in a big way. Over the last two
decades, certain environmental, meteorological, astronomical
& social trends have taken the common man by surprise,
if not the scientists and the Seers. Weather conditions
have been changing erratically & unexpectedly in different
parts of the globe, e.g., rains in deserts and melting
of the Arctic Ice Cap. Even if human beings are trying
to recover the ancient knowledge of their ancestors for
survival, the changes brought in by nature and events
precipitated by it in the form of weather, earthquakes
etc. and all the happenings in space, can’t be controlled.

The
baby in the lap of the mother will always be affected
by the conditions that affect her. Similarly, our Mother
Earth is undergoing certain major & critical changes
and so, all of us would also have to face such changes.
Further, our human consciousness is affected by such changes
in a major way. The higher energy field emitted by the
earth (some people name it as the Photon Belt) is affecting
the human beings at many levels i.e., physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual. Not much literature is available
on this band of energy. Nevertheless, it is propelling
the human beings to enter into the realm of mysticism
& spirituality. If one browses the Internet he will
come across so many individuals /groups engaging themselves
in subtle activities like mental healing, yoga in various
forms, nature cure etc. Such activities are being welcomed
by a sizable population on the earth as a panacea to their
maladies.

Exceptional
growth of technology in the work/business place and business
and the innovations are altering the working environment.
Earlier, we created the thoughts and the machines
translated our thoughts to machine language and action.
Today, we want appliances or machines to think with us
and, where possible, to think for us. A few innovations
that are perceptibly changing the world will play a greater
role in future.

In
future, technology may not be used for handling each of
the small functions separately by us as is the case today.
The faster process would be to create ‘Virtual Assistants’
that will factorise the functionality of different types
of applications using a single user interface. The second
important change, that is already in the process, is the
rise of the cyber space. Creation of separate cyber space
by merging reality, mixed or hybrid reality & virtual
reality is coming. Because of this the social media will
also undergo a major transformation. For e.g., Facebook,
which is using virtual reality, must be in a process of
creating a new cyber space for merging the reality, hybrid
reality & the virtual reality.

Third
is the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) not only
for critical functions but also for common people. Among
other things the Applications will understand human speech,
cognitive thinking (human emotion), virtual assistance
of hyper intelligence, security software for biometrics.
An example is GitHub of Microsoft. This toolkit can be
used to create other applications. It can work on the
recognition feature of face. ‘Internet of things’
(I.O.T.) will affect all the sectors of human civilization
like industry, farming, domestic /office sectors and research
& education. Today, the industry-related I.O.T. exists,
e.g., Rolls Royce aircraft engines, which send real time
data to the manufacturers in order to predict potential
problems and prevent disaster.

Fourth,
IT sector bringing about business revolutions about which
much cannot be penned down due to the constraint of space
in this article.

Thus,
the human society is progressively facing newer challenges.
Such changes are brought about by the subtle forces of
nature. At the highest level of their understanding, the
saints attribute such changes wrought on the earth to
Divine Will.

We
therefore, render our humblest prayers at the feet of
the Ultimate Divine Reality to equip us physically, mentally
and spiritually to face these changes and survive.

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